Insero Talent Solutions is recruiting an Associate Supply Chain Analyst for a manufacturing company in Rochester, NY.

Coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, and supplies required to meet production and project schedules Assist with order entry and communicate with customers on order status.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review customer requests for parts and services and provide quotations.
• Interact with internal engineering and service teams to answer customer inquiries
• Reviews and processes approved purchase requisitions.
• Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule.
• Selects products for purchase based on engineering specifications or other information provided by the person making the requisition.
• Prepares purchase orders and/or quote requests.
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, inventories and supplier information.
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
• Works with Finance to correct invoice discrepancies due to quantity and/or cost.
• Expedites delivery of goods to users, as needed.
• Works with Quality team to monitor, track and communicate supplier performance.
• Partners with Manufacturing Engineering to meet company goals for cost reduction, outsourcing, and new product launches.
• Optimizes use of ERP system to maximize efficiency of Manufacturing and Business processes.
• Maintains inventory control and verifies inventory accuracy by periodic cycle counts
• Builds and maintains strong supplier relationships.
• Participate in supplier risk assessments to proactively identify areas of concern and develop mitigation plans.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Three to five years Purchasing and Planning/Scheduling experience in Manufacturing environment working with an ERP system preferred.

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of ERP/MRP software, and Microsoft Office software

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

The following certifications are applicable to this position:

• APICS: CIRM, CPIM
• ISM: C.P.M., A.P.P.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Thorough understanding of ERP/MRP software systems, logistics, inventory control, BOM structure, and supply chain management required.